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Our aim is to assess the role of cytokeratin immunohistochemical (IHC) stains in detecting sentinel nodal metastasis in MELF pattern tumors.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We recovered 19 MELF pattern EC hysterectomies with lymphadenectomy from our files. Negative nodes were subjected to cytokeratin AE1\/AE3 IHC. Ten additional cases with sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsies primarily assessed by IHC were also analyzed.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Of the 19 cases of EC, 6 had positive lymph nodes based on H&amp;E-stained sections at the time of their initial diagnosis. With the addition of IHC stains, 8 previously negative cases were found to have node metastases, and 3 of these were SLNs. Among the 10 cases primarily assessed by IHC, 5 had malignant cells in their SLNs.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Cytokeratin IHC staining detected malignant cells in 9 of 16 cases with SLNs in our sample of women with MELF pattern of myoinvasion. Immunohistochemical stains should be routinely performed on SLNs from all MELF-positive cases to detect occult lymph node metastases and isolated tumor cells.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/ajcp\/aqab036","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,5,18]],"date-time":"2021-05-18T07:21:43Z","timestamp":1621322503000},"page":"846-852","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["Sentinel Nodal Metastasis Detection in Endometrial Carcinoma With Microcystic, Elongated, and Fragmented (MELF) Pattern by Cytokeratin Immunostaining"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"156","author":[{"given":"Kimmie M","family":"Rabe","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Departments of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology , Minneapolis, MN , USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Molly E","family":"Klein","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Departments of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology , Minneapolis, MN , 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